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Where the Wilde Things Are: to the Island!
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Friday, July 3, 2015. The morning we left for San Juan Island, it was Ethan's birthday. So, we had a little celebration for heading out. Here is he is opening Heidi's offering, her duck puppet. She was so sweet choosing it and wrapping it up. And Ethan is always a good sport. He gave it lots of love. The ferry ride lasted about an hour and was good fun. The kids were tired but had a good time standing in the wind, doing puzzles, taking in the scenery, and eating popcorn. LA in a day.
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Where the Wilde Things Are: February 2015
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Friday, February 27, 2015. I am SO excited about the completion of this project! Here is a before shot: The plan is to remove the doors, cut the frame open up to the ceiling, and build lockers and cabinets that better suit our needs. We also cut about 16 inches into the wall on the right side, where the closet extended back. We spent a day or two together getting the nitty gritty design down, and then he took away the plan and started returning with boxes:. Next was the first phase of install,. And here ...
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Where the Wilde Things Are: Swimming Lessons
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Thursday, June 25, 2015. It's that time of year! When we pay teenagers to "teach" our kids to swim. Honestly I struggle to see improvements with the young ones, but I am hopeful that it's working! What we really need is a week in grams pool for Emilee, and Chandler is pretty good now. He's doing strokes and lap swimming which is great. Now if I could convince Heidi's teacher to make her put her head under water, we'd be in pretty good shape! View my complete profile. Where the Wilde Readers Are.
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Where the Wilde Things Are: March 2015
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Friday, March 27, 2015. The Best Snow on Earth. We had so much fun skiing at Brighton during our Utah Spring break! We made it up to Brighton three days, and it was so fun to ski the whole mountian with the boys. Gordon even took Ethan over to Great Western lift and they had a great day shredding it up. By the end of day two Emilee was ready to go and graduated from Ski School, and skiied with us up on Snake Creek. And look at this! Heidi didn't want to be left behind! Sunday, March 22, 2015. It kept get...
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Where the Wilde Things Are: October 2014
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Tuesday, October 28, 2014. First, I want to say that I record this here with full permission of Ethan. He has read this entry before I pushed publish, and is comfortable with what I am sharing. I want to record this here because this blog really has become the journal of my motherhood. A record of our family. He loves our blog and the books that come from it. And, at this point, only family and very close friends read it anyway! I don't blame him. And he is happy! My happy boy is back. And those spindals...
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Where the Wilde Things Are: April 2015
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Saturday, April 25, 2015. I really think we are the happiest campers! Our family loves to sleep under the trees. And something magical has happened now! We don't need a port-a-crib, diapers, or baby stuff any more! It's so much easier than it's ever been even though there are so many of us! For this trip we headed into the Esticada Gorge and found a campground. The camp wasn't officially open yet, so we were the only campers there. It was so nice! Thursday, April 23, 2015. Monday, April 13, 2015. The oth...
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Where the Wilde Things Are: LA in a day
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Friday, July 24, 2015. LA in a day. We took the plunge and drove all the way from Portland to LA in only one day. We got up at 6 AM and took off, and ate both breakfast and lunch while rolling. The kids watched lots of movies and were so good the whole time! In fact, almost all of them said they would rather do it this way from now on. Our first big stuff was at Pea Soup Anderson's about four hours from Grams house. I've always wanted to go there, so it was a fun stop. LA in a day.
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Where the Wilde Things Are: December 2014
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Tuesday, December 30, 2014. Minute to Win it. The stomach flu really took the wind out of our "Christmas Sails." We had to cancel our big Christmas Eve Minute to Win it competition, and reschedule it. And even then, not everybody got to come. But, those that did make it had a great time! Here are some photos of the fun:. At the end of the night, the coveted Chocolate Santa Trophy went to Uncle Wayne, who was the first to complete all the tasks. Way to go Wayne! Friday, December 26, 2014. This is my favor...
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Where the Wilde Things Are: August 2014
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Saturday, August 30, 2014. I know I already posted the surf camp slideshow, and you should definitely watch that if you want to check out what surf camp is like, but I just wanted to put in a little entry too. This year was particularly memorable because all the kids tried surfing! And all three boys are catching waves like crazy! He still had to work during the day but joined us every evening for surfing, dinner, and sleep. It was great! We ate like kings, played like kids, and had a wonderful time!
